Quote for the day
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing
– Socrates
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This Christmas has felt so different than anything I have ever experienced before. Initially, a somber sense of reality and truthfulness filled our home, after spending time Christmas Eve and morn volunteering at both the Calgary drop-in Centre and the Mustard Seed, observing the broken spirits of the homeless in this city. Nothing bares more…
An incredible Poem
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When your eyes are tired The world is tired also. When your vision has gone No part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark Where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love … Sometimes it takes darkness and the…
My infamous Hippo adventures
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Well it’s official. I’m famous :~). Joking! But I am privileged indeed to have had my prize-winning Hippo adventure story broadcast live over the CBC airwaves. How spectacular! So now it’s time to share. I’ve been alluding to this story for ages in my blog. And here’s the honest-to-goodness non-fictional tale which won us the…
Home is where the heart {and colour} is!
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Our apartment seems to be in a constant transition and flux, thanks to the generosity of freecyclers trying to purge their excess. I love finding those treasures that someone else deems no longer necessary, whilst keeping the landfill free of more ‘garbage’. With Jean returning to Calgary for her belongings (many of which have sustained…
Quality time
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Family time is so important to me, especially after knowing that Christmas may not be spent in their presence this year (again …). It’s not the day, but how you spend it that’s important … Hence the delayed Thanksgiving get-together with Mom and her family, and time occupied with my younger sister before her India…